1. California Department of Fish and Wildlife, administered through Pheasants Forever, Inc. and Quail Forever ($136,500, 2022-2024). Al Eiden and Rauri Bowie, PIs; Phred Benham, Carla Cicero, and Dan Skalos, co-PIs. Determination of population structure in Mountain Quail to facilitate management.
    2. National Science Foundation ($203,523, 2021-2024). PI: Michelle Koo; Co-PI, Michael Nachman. Collaborative Research: Sustaining Arctos as a Community of Practice and as a Collection Management Solution for Biodiversity Research & Education. Collaborative proposal with Museum of Southwestern Biology and Texas Advanced Computing Center (total grant amount $1,074,315).
    3. East Bay Regional Park District ($6,033, 2021-2022). Carla Cicero, PI. Curation and preservation of Golden Eagle and Prairie Falcon samples for the frozen tissue collection at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley.
    4. State of California, administered through UCLA ($758,200, 2019-2023). Michael Nachman and Rauri Bowie, PIs; Carla Cicero, Chris Conroy, Michelle Koo, Eileen Lacey, Chris Martin, James Patton, Lydia Smith, and Rebecca Tarvin, co-PIs. California Conservation Genomics Project: Mapping California’s Vertebrate Genomic Diversity.
    5. Sierra Pacific Industries ($45,056, 2020-2024). Carla Cicero, PI; Rauri Bowie, co-PI. Contract for preparation and curation of Barred Owl (Strix varia) specimens donated as part of experimental removal project.
    6. University of Wisconsin-Madison ($4,500, 2019-2022). Carla Cicero, PI; Rauri Bowie, co-PI. Contract for preparation of Barred Owl (Strix varia) specimens donated as part of experimental removal project.
    7. Institute of Museum and Library Services ($148,129, 2019-2021). Co-PIs: Michael Nachman, Rauri Bowie. Stewardship of the Ornithology Collection of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.
    8. Global Genome Biodiversity Network ($29,962, 2017-2018). PI: Joseph Cook PI; Co-PIs, Mariel Campbell and Kyndall Hildebrandt. Aligning Arctos with GGBN Data Standards. Collaborative proposal with Museum of Southwestern Biology and University of Alaska Museum.
    9. National Science Foundation (DBI-1561515, $499,856, 2016-2019). Co-PIs: Carol Spencer, Rauri Bowie, Jimmy McGuire. CSBR: Natural History: Addressing Critical Needs in the Ornithology and Herpetology Collections of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.
    10. Institute of Museum and Library Services ($147,095, 2015-2017). PI: Michael Nachman; Co-PI: Michelle Koo. Strategic Stewardship for Sustaining the Archives of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Read our blog post.
    11. Council for Library and Information Resources ($481,800, 2012-2015). Co-PI: Michelle Koo. Cataloging Hidden Archives of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Increasing Integration and Accessibility for Interdisciplinary Research. Read our Archives blog.
    12. National Science Foundation (DBI-1062193, $1,871,968 + $204,405 supplement, 2011-2015). Co-PI: Carol Spencer. ABI Development: Collaborative Research: VertNet, A New Model for Biodiversity Networks. Collaborative project with Colorado University, Tulane University, and University of Kansas.
    13. National Science Foundation ($53,849, 2012-2013). John McCormack, PI; Carla Cicero, Senior Personnel. EAGER: RUI: The genomic architecture of speciation in an avian hybrid zone.
    14. National Science Foundation (DBI-0646475, $490,929, 2007-2012). Co-PI: Rauri Bowie. Ornithological Collection Improvement Project (Phase I), Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
    15. National Science Foundation (DEB-0640859, $570,304, 2007-2011). Co-PIs: Craig Moritiz, Steven Beissinger, and Chris Conroy. The Grinnell Project: Using a Unique Historical Record to Document Responses of Mammals and Birds to 100 Years of Climate Change.
    16. National Science Foundation (DBI-0345448, subcontract for collaborative proposal with University of Kansas and 29 other institutions, total budget $1.5M, MVZ budget $802,589, 2004-2010). PI: A. Townsend Peterson. ORNIS: A Community Effort to Build an Integrated, Distributed, Enriched, and Error-checked ORNithological Information System.
    17. National Science Foundation (DBI-0237424, $300,000 + two REU supplements, 2003-2006). Co-PIs: Craig Moritz and Chris Conroy. The Digital Museum: Data Capture and Digitization of MVZ Ancillary Material.
    18. National Science Foundation (DBI-9807832, $169,890 + REU supplement, 1998-2000. Co-PI: David B. Wake. Support for the tissue collection of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
    19. National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant (DEB-9001120, $8500, 1990-1992. PI: Ned K. Johnson. A multidimensional analysis of geographic variation in the Plain Titmouse (Parus inornatus).
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MVZ field vehicle near Mount Lassen during the Grinnell Resurvey Project, 2006.

Featured image: MVZ field vehicle near Mount Lassen, California, 1930. Photograph by Benjamin F. Loomis (image #8869 from the Archives of the MVZ).  Grant funding is critical to preserving these historic archival materials.